LETTER BY KURDISH PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAN

female political prisoner Shirin Alam Hooli, sentenced to death in Iran for being a member of a Kurdish opposition organization PJAK, sent a letter from prison describing her treatment “I was blindfolded, tied to a bed and beaten with electrical batons, cables, punched and kicked until I was unconscious. At that time I still had difficulty speaking and understanding Farsi… I was also burnt with cigarettes.”